Canciones populares amorosas

Popular love songs are not only the beginning of our lyrics but also that of Hispanic literature in general. They are collected in this selection from the amorous jars to the songs composed and disseminated in our days. The importance of love songs is that they are based on one of the most substantial universals of feeling, as stated by Antonio Machado. This explains its survival from the most remote antiquity to the present day and its universal dimension. Popular songs are some of the best instruments of ethical and aesthetic rearmament that we have, since they increase our cognitive and emotional potentialities and continually stimulate us to enjoy and to be better.